International
- WHO names coronavirus as COVID-19 where the CO stands for corona, the VI for virus and the D for disease.WHO has also launched a global research forum against the deadly virus.
- The coronavirus outbreak in China has led to rare open calls for freedom of speech in the communist nation amid growing public discontent over the handling of the epidemic.
- A leading Bangladesh publisher, Nur Mohammed, owner of Guardian Publications has been charged under digital security laws.
- Pak court sentences Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed to 11 years in jail.
National
- Cooking gas LPG price was hiked by a steep Rs 144.5 per cylinder due to spurt in benchmark global rates of the fuel.
- Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat said that Indian Armed Forces are at the cusp of transformation.
- AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal,who superheaded the party's landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls, is expected to take oath as CM for the third consecutive term in a grand public ceremony on February 16th at Ramlila Maidan.
- Assam NRC coordinator Hitesh Dev Sharma informed that all the data relating to NRC are fully secured and people have not been able to see the final NRC in internet due to some technical issues only.
- Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sharma said that state government will soon close down all government run madrassas and Sanskrit tols.
- 9 Bangla nationals were held for illegal entry into West Tripura district on Tuesday.
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